ESP-12S

ESP WIFI Module

Features:
• 802.11 b/g/n

• integrated low power 32-bit MCU

• Integrated 10-bit ADC

• Integrated TCP/IP protocol stack

• Integrated TR switch, balun, LNA, power amplifier

and matching network

• Integrated PLL, regulators, and power

management units

• Supports antenna diversity

• Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, support WPA/WPA2

• Support STA/AP/STA+AP operation modes

• Support Smart Link Function for both Android and

Description
iOS devices The ESP-12S is a self contained 802.11 b/g/n
WiFi enabled microcontroller featuring the
• SDIO 2.0, (H) SPI, UART, I2C, I2S, IRDA, PWM, ESP8266 SOC.
GPIO
Pin for pin compatible with other boards in
• STBC, 1x1 MIMO, 2x1 MIMO the ESP-12 range but with improved stability
and wireless capability. This board has up to
• A-MPDU & A-MSDU aggregation and 0.4s guard 13 usable GPIO pins (inc 5 dual purpose) and
interval an ADC input. It has 4Mbyte flash memory
and software updates can be rolled out to it
• Deep sleep power <10uA, Power down leakage over-the-air. Use it as a cheap and easy way
current < 5uA to add WiFi to your Arduino / Raspberry Pi
etc, or use it as a powerful standalone WiFi
• Wake up and transmit packets in < 2ms enabled MCU in its own right.

• Standby power consumption of < 1.0mW (DTIM3)

• +20dBm output power in 802.11b mode

• Operating temperature range -40C ~ 85C

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ESP-12S WiFi module is developed by AI-Thinker Co, Ltd, core processor ESP8266 in smaller
sizes of the module encapsulates Tensilica L106 integrates industry-leading ultra low power 32
-bit MCU micro, with the 16-bit short mode, clock speed support 80 MHz, 160 MHz, supports
the RTOS, integrated Wi-Fi MAC/BB/RF/PA/LNA, on-board antennas.
The module supports standard IEEE802.11 b/g/n agreement, complete TCP/IP protocol stack.
Users can use the add modules to an existing device networking, or building a separate network
controller.
ESP8266 is high integration wireless SOCs, designed for space and power constrained mobile
platform designers. It provides unsurpassed ability to embed Wi-Fi capabilities within other
systems, or to function as a standalone application, with the lowest cost, and minimal space
requirement.

ESP8266EX offers a complete and self-contained Wi-Fi networking solution; it can be used to
host the application or to offload Wi-Fi networking functions from another application processor.
When ESP8266EX hosts the application, it boots up directly from an external flash. In has
integrated cache to improve the performance of the system in such applications.
Alternately, serving as a Wi-Fi adapter, wireless internet access can be added to any micro
controller based design with simple connectivity (SPI/SDIO or I2C/UART interface).
ESP8266EX is among the most integrated WiFi chip in the industry; it integrates the antenna
switches, RF balun, power amplifier, low noise receive amplifier, filters, power management
modules, it requires minimal external circuitry, and the entire solution, including front-end
module, is designed to occupy minimal PCB area.
ESP8266EX also integrates an enhanced version of Tensilica’s L106 Diamond series 32-bit
processor, with on-chip SRAM, besides the Wi-Fi functionalities. ESP8266EX is often
integrated with external sensors and other application specific devices through its GPIOs;
codes for such applications are provided in examples in the SDK.

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Parameters

The below table describes the major parameters.

Categories Items Values

WiFi Protocols 802.11 b/g/n

WiFi Parameters
Frequency Range 2.4GHz-2.5GHz (2400M-2483.5M)

UART/HSPI/I2C/12S/Ir Remote Control

Peripheral Bus
GPIO/PWM

Operating Voltage 3.3V

Hardware Operating Current Average value: 80mA

Parameters Operating Temperature Range -40°~125°

Ambient Temperature Range Normal temperature

Package Size 18mm*20mm*3mm

External Internal N/A

WiFi-mode Station/softAP/SoftAP+station

Security WPA/WPA2

Encryption WEP/TKIP/AES

UART Download / OTA (Via network) /

Software Firmware Upgrade
download and write firmware via host
Parameters
Supports Cloud Server Development /
Software Development
SDK for custom firmware development

Network Protocols IPv4, TCP/UDP/HTTP/FTP

AT Instruction Set, Cloud Server, An-
User Configuration
droid/iOS APP

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Pinout

Pin Number Pin Name Function

1 RST Reset module

2 A/d conversion result. Input voltage range 0~1V, value range:

ADC

3 EN Chip enable pin. Active high

4 GPIO16; can be used to wake up the chipset from deep sleep

GPIO16
mode
5 GPIO14 GPIO14;HSPI_CLK

6 GPIO12 GPIO12;HSPI_MISO

7 GPIO13 GPIO13;HSPI_MOSI; UART0_CTS

8 VCC 3.3V power supply (VDD)

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9 GND GND

10 GPIO15 GPI15; MTDO; HSPICS; UARTT0_RTS

11 GPIO2 GPIO2; UART1_TXD

12 GPIO0 GPIO0

13 GPIO4 GPIO4

14 GPIO5 GPIO5

15 RXD0 UARTT0_RXD; GPIO3

16 TXD0 UART0_TXD; GPIO1

Interfaces

Interface Pin Name Description

IO12(MISO),
IO13(MISO) SPI Flash, display screen, and
HSPI MCU can be connected using
IO14(CLK), HSPI interface
IO15(CS)

Currently the PWM interface

has four channels, but users
IO129(R)
can extend the channels
PWM IO15(G), according to their own needs.
PWM interface can be used to
IO13(B)
control LED light, buzzers,
relays, electronic machines,

The functionality of Infrared

remote control interface can
IO14(IR_T), be implemented via software
IR Remote Control programming. NEC coding,
IO5(IR_R) modulation, and demodulation
are used by this interface. The
frequency of modulated carrier

ESP8266EX integrates a 10-

bit analog ADC. It can be used
to test the power supply
voltage of VDD3P3 (Pin3 and
Pin4) and the input power
ADC TOUT voltage of TOUT (Pin6).
However, these two functions
cannot be used
simultaneously. This interface
is typically used in sensor

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I2C Interface can be used to
IO14(SCL), connect external sensor
I2C
IO2(SDA) products and display screens,
etc.

Devices with UART interfaces

can be connected with the
module.
Downloading:U0TXD+U0RXD
or GPIO2+U0RXD
Communicating: UART0:
U0TXD,U0RXD, MTDO
UART0: (U0RTS), MTCK (U0CTS)
TXD(U0TXD), Debugging: UART1_TXD
(GPIO2) can be used to print
RXD(U0RXD),
UART
IO15(RTS)
IO13(CTS) By default, UART0 will output
some printed information when
IO2(TXD) the device is powered on and
is boosting up. If this issue
exerts influence on some
specific applications, users
can exchange the inner pins of
UART when initializing, that is
to say, exchange U0TXD,
U0TXD with U0RTS, U0CTS.

I2S Input:
IO12 (I2SI_DATA);
IO13 (I2SI_BCK);
IO14 (I2SI_WS);
I2S interface is mainly used for
I2S collecting, processing and
I2S Output:
transmission of audio data.

IO15 (I2SO_BCK);
IO3 (I2SO_DATA);
IO2 (I2SO_WS).

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Pin Mode

Mode GPIO15 GPIO0 GPIO2

UART Low Low High
Flash Boot Low High High

Antenna Interface

ESP-12S Modules through the PIEX interface to connect to external antenna.

The antenna must be in line with the 802.11g/802.11b IEEE standard, and the antenna
parameters are shown in the following table:

Rating Value

Frequency Range 2.4~2.4825GHz

Impedance 5Ω

Package information/installation method

The external size of the ESP-12S is 16mm*17mm*3mm, as is illustrated in figure 4 below:

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Length Width Height PAD Size Pin Pitch

(Bottom)
16 mm 17 mm 3 mm 1 mm x 1.2 mm 2 mm

Package
ESP-12S use a half hole patch package, Module PCB Footprint shown in the following figure:

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Installation method

Using ESP-12S. modules direction is best with the antenna close to the edge of the board.
When soldering the module, you must not be in a high temperature environment. We
recommend the reflow soldering temperature curve as shown in figure 6:

Absolute Maximum figures

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Recommended Operating Conditions

AT Commend Testing

1. Hardware connection
As shown in figure 7, ESP-12S via a USB to TTL Tool connected to the computer, software tool
through the serial port on the computer can be AT instruction test.

AT Command

Espressif AT instruction set functions and methods of use

AT commands set is divided into: Basic AT commands, WiFi related AT commands, TCP / IP AT

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Command Description

Notes:
1. Not all AT Command has four commands.
2. [] = default value, not required or may not appear
3. String values require double quotation marks, for example:
AT+CWSAP="ESP756290","21030826",1,4
4. Baudrate = 115200
5. AT Commands has to be capitalized, and end with "/r/n"

Basic AT Command Set

The ESP8266 wireless WiFi modules can be driven via the serial interface using the standard AT
commands. Here is a list of some basic AT commands that can be used.

Basic
Command Description
AT Test AT Startup
AT + RST Restart module
AT + GMR View version info
AT + GSLP Enter deep-sleep mode
ATE AT commands echo or not
AT + RESTORE Factory rest
AT + UART UART configuration, [@deprecated]
AT + UART_CUR UART current configuration

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UART default configuration, save to

AT + UART_DEF

AT + SLEEP Sleep Mode

AT + RFPOWER Set Maximum value of RF TX power
AT + RFVDD Set RF TX Power according to VDD33

AT – Test AT startup
The type of this command is "executed". It's used to test the setup function of your wireless
WiFi module.

AT—Test AT Startup
Response OK
Parameters Null

AT+GMR – View version info

This AT command is used to check the version of AT commands and SDK that you are using, the
type of which is "executed".

AT+GSLP – Enter deep-sleep mode

This command is used to invoke the deep-sleep mode of the module, the type of which is "set". A
minor adjustment has to be made before the module enter this deep sleep mode, i.e., connect
XPD_DCDC with EXT_RSTB via 0R.

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ATE – AT commands echo

This command ATE is an AT trigger command echo. It means that entered commands can be
echoed back to the sender when ATE command is used. Two parameters are possible. The
command returns "OK" in normal cases and "ERROR" when a parameter other than 0 or 1 was
specified.

AT+RESTORE – Factory reset

This command is used to reset all parameters saved in flash (according to appendix), restore
the factory default settings of the module. The chip will be restarted when this command is
executed.

Detailed instruction test, please refer to the Esp8266 AT Instruction Set, can be downloaded
to shun official website.

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This RF Solutions radio module meets the essential requirements of the European Radio
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When using the module in an end product, continued compliance can only be assured by
incorporating the module in accordance with RF Solutions specific installation instructions and
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